Being attuned to children’s needs, loco parentis, co-regulation and professional boundaries. These are just some of the things Tamsin Grimmer and Aaron Bradbury discuss on the topic of love and nurture in early childhood settings and beyond.

Read Aaron and Tamsin’s  article here:

https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/love-and-nurture-in-the-early-years/

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If you enjoyed this episode, you might also like:

Tamsin Grimmer’s article and podcast episode on: Tuning into children’s love languages - https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/tuning-into-childrens-love-languages/

Aaron Bradbury’s podcast episode on: Bringing the joy back to early childhood - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcqXUI4G6sg

Episode break down:

00:00 – Why are we talking about love and nurture? 04:10 – ‘The child in the now‘ 10:50 – What does ‘nurture’ look like in practice? 11:55 – Being attuned to children’s needs 12:50 – Professional boundaries and policies 13:40 – We can’t live without touch 14:48 – A no touch policy is verging on neglect 15:45 – Loco parentis 18:15 – Home-based settings 21:00 – Top-down decision making 23:00 – Validating children’s emotions 26:10 – Behaviour as information vs communication 27:25 – Allowing children the time and space for emotions 28:05 – Self-regulation grows out of co-regulation 31:00 – Are we neglecting emotions over academics? 31:55 – Does nurturing apply to adults too? 35:15 – The 5 s’ of belonging and feeling seen 36:10 – Do we feel seen by Ofsted? 39:00 – A focus on PSED vs outcomes 40:37 – A new rating scale for auditing practice 44:45 – Softening the catch up rhetoric

For more episodes and articles visit The Voice of Early Childhood website: https://www.thevoiceofearlychildhood.com